Mishler, Eleanor Estelle

MISHLER, GRAVES, WIESE, BAILEY, MANDERSCHEID, BREWER, FEUS, GNADE, FLEMMING, DALCHOW

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 9/8/2009 at 15:26:21

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MAQUOKETA — Eleanor Estelle Mishler, age 90, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died on Saturday morning, August 29, 2009, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2009, from the Carson and Son Funeral and Cremation Services in Maquoketa with Dr. Rev. Jeff Dadisman, of the First United Methodist Church in Maquoketa, officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, from the Carson and Son Funeral and Cremation Services in Maquoketa, Iowa. Burial will be in the Pence Cemetery, rural Baldwin, Iowa. Eleanor Estelle Graves was born on December 15, 1918, in Clinton County, Iowa, to Floyd Graves and Amelia (Wiese) Graves. She attended school in Baldwin and graduated from the 8th grade. In her younger years, she had worked at the Iowa Soldiers Home, now the Iowa Veteran's Home, in Marshalltown, Iowa, under Dr. F.J. Swift Sr., meeting her future husband, Bernie F. Mishler, there. She and Bernie were married on May 29, 1941, in Marshalltown, Iowa. He preceded her in death on May 23, 2008. Eleanor was a homemaker and loved reading, going to flea markets, making sequin calendars and playing bingo. She and Bernie had traveled extensively throughout the United States and had spent 16 winters in Arizona. Eleanor was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Maquoketa, the Maquoketa American Legion Post 75 Ladies Auxiliary, Maquoketa VFW Post 3633 Ladies Auxiliary and the National and Iowa 2nd Indian Head Division Ladies Auxiliaries. She was a former member of the Pythian Sisters 138. Eleanor is survived by a daughter, Linda (Bob) Bailey of Maquoketa, IA; 2 grandchildren, Brian (Lisa) Manderscheid of Maquoketa, IA, and Paula (Chris) Brewer of Montgomery, IL; a great-granddaughter, Lainey Estelle Brewer; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 brothers, Robert, Harold, Melvin and Harry (Tommy); and 5 sisters, Nellie Feuss, Beulah Feuss, Viola Gnade, Jessie Flemming and Dorothy Dalchow. An Eleanor Estelle Mishler Memorial Fund has been established. Online condolences may be left at www.carsonandson.com.Death date: Aug. 29, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 8/31/2009 - 9/2/2009